What's your weakness (drums or drumming)? Here's mine.

Lately I want to play too many types of fills in too short of a time period. It's probably the metal (and ego) in my head wanting out.

Prob because it seems that I'm getting closer to developing the next set of them and getting in a hurry.
 
Sixteenth note triplet fills. Croissants.
 
playing wise: double bass speed; Latin grooves

gear-wise: cymbals...I love cymbals; esp Zildjians; ESP 90's era 20" K Custom rides

in life:
socializing
large groups
flying
heights

things that make my knees go weak:
red heads with ice blue eyes
a snowy landscape with frozen ponds
a drumline playing super sick beats really clean
a great mom and pop pizza
the northern Lights
 
Playing/practice wise: sticking to a direction until i have a fairly functional grasp of it and can apply it.

I pick a direction (genre, song, exercise, rudiment etc) and work at it until i'm just capable enough to do it passably then get bored or distracted by a new genre, song, exercise etc. It's good in that i get completely re-motivated by something new but i'm completely aware i haven't mastered 'the last thing' and probably can't pull it off, sound legit, or apply it tastefully in a musical situation. I'm really into jazzpunkcountrybopamericanastonerrock these days. It's really coming together.:rolleyes:
 
TheLowerTownSound said:
Playing/practice wise: sticking to a direction until i have a fairly functional grasp of it and can apply it.

I pick a direction (genre, song, exercise, rudiment etc) and work at it until i'm just capable enough to do it passably then get bored or distracted by a new genre, song, exercise etc. It's good in that i get completely re-motivated by something new but i'm completely aware i haven't mastered 'the last thing' and probably can't pull it off, sound legit, or apply it tastefully in a musical situation. I'm really into jazzpunkcountrybopamericanastonerrock these days. It's really coming together.:rolleyes:
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That’s a side effect of ADHD, a lack of diverse paying gigs, and too many genres to choose from. A good teacher can keep you focused, I think
 
TrevorLangford said:
I’m having the same problem. I’m finding going back to 40 bpm and developing control slowly is helping. It’s a slow process though.
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IKWYM. A lot of the tunes I play for church gigs are slower tempos (60-70's BPM), so that has helped me a lot. I also practice with metronome at slow tempos, sometimes as low as 40 BPM. Playing controlled slower tempos can at times be more important (IMO) than blazing paradiddles at 220.
 
Tamboreter said:
IKWYM. A lot of the tunes I play for church gigs are slower tempos (60-70's BPM), so that has helped me a lot. I also practice with metronome at slow tempos, sometimes as low as 40 BPM. Playing controlled slower tempos can at times be more important (IMO) than blazing paradiddles at 220.
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and cxan actually help with blazing paradiddles becasue you get to understand the space in between each note, and then as you reduce the size of that space via speed, it still has the same relevance to the groove at the faster tempo
 
Dynamics were a big issue for me until I got into the blues & jazz scene. While in the rock-n-roll/metal scene, I'd just hammer away at the kit and let the front of house guy deal with my volume.
I learned subtleties are everything in most music. A program I didn't get with until WAY later. :(
 
Tamboreter said:
IKWYM. A lot of the tunes I play for church gigs are slower tempos (60-70's BPM), so that has helped me a lot. I also practice with metronome at slow tempos, sometimes as low as 40 BPM. Playing controlled slower tempos can at times be more important (IMO) than blazing paradiddles at 220.
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One thing that helps me is that if you are playing something slow, like at 40 bmp, set your metronome at 80. It can really improve the feel.
 
Maybe it is not a good idea to post my weakness on the internet. But actually the people on this forum are not likely to hire a drummer. So here goes;
I'm having trouble quickly recalling how songs start while performing live. I'm OK if the band is following a set list. Because I can think about the next song while I am playing the current song. And I add a few notes to the set list about how the song starts and how it ends. The problem I have is when the band leader goes off script and calls out a song and he wants to instantly start that song. It takes me 10 or 15 seconds to recall the song, tempo and the groove. And 15 seconds of silence when you are live on stage feels like a long long time. This issue is probably due to my old age.

I wish I could figure out how to have our 60 songs on notes in front of me for instant recall.


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one of my main problems is stamina, since i self learn everything, i try to learn many new songs very quickly which tires me out, any tips on how to build stamina?
 
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